Sigara ( Sigara ) striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sigara ( Sigara) striata (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Corisa striata (Linnaeus) : Giglio-Tos (1894: 11), “ Beirut ”.

Corisa Fabricii (Fieber) : Giglio-Tos (1894: 11), “ Beirut ” (partim).

Material examined. Published records: “ Beirut ”, [ 11.VII.1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Corisa striata (Lin.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♂, MRSN ; “ Beirut ”, [ 11.VII.1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Corisa Fabricii (Fieb.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♂, MRSN .

General distribution. Species occurring in Europe and Asia towards Siberia, Central Asia and Middle East, but several eastern records need to be revised due to possible misidentifications of specimens of S. seistanensis (Distant, 1920) and S. albiventris (Horváth, 1911) .

Remarks. The records of specimen from Beirut reported by Giglio-Tos (1894) as Corisa striata (Lin.) are here confirmed, although a priori Sigara albiventris (undescribed yet at that time) might seem more likely. However, also the records of S. striata from Anatolia reported by Fent et al. (2011) are from the seaside and other lowland areas. Therefore, this species in the Middle East seems to occur also in lowland areas and in sympatry with S. albiventris ( cf. Jansson 1986 and the records from this contribution).

Another smaller ( 6 mm ca.) and teneral specimen from Beirut also belonging to this species was instead misidentified with Corisa Fabricii (Fieb.) [= Sigara nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848) ].